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The 20-stone exam

February 22, 2014 By Danielle

Today, I took my 20-stone final exam for Gem Identification. If I pass, I’ll officially be a Graduate Gemologist! (If not, see you again in two weeks… same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.)

I’ve been increasingly anxious about the exam, ever since the materials shipped on Thursday. There’s no way to “study” as such, although I did write up an index of stones I’ve seen, and mark my lab manual appropriately. When I got up this morning, I wasn’t sure how to feel, but I took myself and all my equipment down to the local community college. (My proctor is the geology professor there, my long-time friend Dr. Bill Hirt.)

I took the test in two three-hour blocks (10 stones each), with a lunch break in between. Overall, I think I did pretty well. I was able to get through each set of stones with plenty of time to review my worksheet. (At first, it took me six to eight hours to grade a box of twenty stones. I completed my exam in slightly over four hours, which feels pretty good.)

I hope to get my results on Wednesday or Thursday. Will post again when I know!

Filed Under: Gems & Gemology Tagged With: distance education, gem ident

Comments

  1. Jenai says

    February 23, 2014 at 2:55 pm

    Soooo excited and keeping my fingers crossed exceedingly tight! And I had no idea you were still working with Hirt! Memories…. ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Danielle says

      February 23, 2014 at 6:40 pm

      Yep, Bill and I have definitely kept in touch over the years. Thanks for the well-wishes, I’ll let everyone know just as soon as I hear anything! ๐Ÿ˜€

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